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JCS Review completed Approved For Release 2008/01/09 :CIA-RDP83M00914R002200030001-8 Routing Slip EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT 2 DOC ~ EXDIR 9 ~ Chm/NIC" C/PAD/OEA ~$ IAO/DCI Approved For Release 2008/01/09 ~ CIA-RDP83M00914R002200030001-8 THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF WASHINGTON, D.C. 20301 SM-417-82 7 July 1982 MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief of Staff, US Army Chief of Naval Operations Chief of Staff, US Air Force Commandant of the Marine Corps Chief of the Defence Staff, National Defence Headquarters, Canada Commander in Chief, North American Aerospace Defense Command Director, International Communication Agency Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration ' Commandant, US Coast Guard --Director, Central Intelligence Agency Commander in Chief, Atlantic US Commander in Chief, Europe Commander in Chief, Military .Airlift Command Commander in Chief, Pacific Commander in Chief, US Readiness Command Commander in Chief, US Southern Command Commander in Chief, Strategic Air Command Director of Strategic Target Planning Director, Joint Deployment Agency Commander, Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force Manager, National Communications System'. Director, Defense Communications Agency Director, Defense Intelligence Agency Director, Defense Logistics Agency Director, Defense Mapping Agency Director, Defense Nuclear Agency Director, Defense Security Assistance Agency Director, National Security Agency/Chief, Central Security Service Commander, Joint Coordination Center Director, Joint Staff Subject: Exercise WINTEX-CIMEX 83 (U) JCS Review completed 1. (U) The Annex provides concept and objectives planning for Exercise WINTEX-CIMEX 83 for your planning or information, as appropriate. CLASSIFIED BY DIRECTOR, J-3 DECLASSIFY ON 24 JUNE 1988 cop, ,~ Copies each ~~.~?~1#gea aerlea ~~A.. SECRET Approved For Release 2008/01/09: CIA-RDP83M00914R002200030001-8 Approved For Release 2008/01/09: CIA-RDP83M00914R002200030001-8 ~" '= 9 S? ~~~; 2. (S) The scenario for WINTEX-CIMEX 83, as discussed in the Annex, will provide participants with training in crisis management proce- dures while addressing global commitments. The scenario is not designed to exercise strategic nuclear plans and procedures (STOP, SACEUR Scheduled Strike Program, or SACLANT Subsequent Operations). For the US Joint Chiefs of Staff: F. J. McCONVILLE Colonel, USA Secretary Copy to: CINCAD SAC?~~ Approved For Release 2008/01/09: CIA-RDP83M00914R002200030001-8 Approved For Release 2008/01/09: CIA-RDP83M00914R002200030001-8 ANNEX CONCEPT AND OBJECTIVES FOR EXERCISE "WINTEX-CIMEX 83" (U) 1. (C) Exercise Concept. The Joint Chiefs of Staff will sponsor a worldwide procedural general war command post exercise (CPX) in CY 1983, "WINTEX-CIMEX 83," which will interface with the NATO general war CPX of the same name. a. (S) The political and intelligence background is intended to describe a situation leading to a confrontation between Orange and Blue nations. The lead-in scenarios emphasize Orange perceptions of Blue weaknesses. Such perceptions generate a chain of events by which limited Orange political objectives supported by selectively increased military buildup develop into a major conflict with the Blue nations. Orange perceptions of Blue will be combined with a belief that the presently favorable correlation of forces in favor of Orange might disappear or be neutralized in the near future. b. (U) The political and intelligence lead-in scenarios will: (1) (C) Support early preparation for and deployment of external reinforcements. (2) (S) Vary intensity of play. Early stages will stress political and maritime participants, whereas middle and later stages will most affect civil and military participants. Coordination among the nations of the Alliance will be actively worked throughout the exercise. 27 28 CLASSIFIED BY DIRECTOR, J-3 29 DECLASSIFY ON 2? JUNE 1988 30 SECRET 1 Annex SM-417-82 Approved For Release 2008/01/09: CIA-RDP83M00914R002200030001-8 Approved For Release 2008/01/09: CIA-RDP83M00914R002200030001-8 (3) (S) Exercise Crisis Management procedures from Simple Alert (SA) and Reinforced Alert (RA) to consideration of the declaration of General Alert (GA) (Phase 1). Exercise play from GA to end of the exercise (ENDEX) (Phase 2) will be a period of successful conventional defense, followed by increased Orange efforts that justify request to NATO political authorities for the initial use of nuclear weapons. 2. (S) Exercise Design and Objectives. Exercise WINTEX-CIMEX 83_ will consist of a pre-play period (17-23 February 1983) followed by a two-phased active exercise period. Phase 1 (24 February - 3 March 1983) is the crisis phase and phase 2 (4-9 March 1983) is the war phase. a. (S) Pre-play. The aim of this period of play will be to exercise the early stages of crisis management, including indications and warning. US headquarters will play between 12002 and 20002 daily, including Saturday and Sunday, to insure trans-Atlantic consultation. Decisions made during the pre-play period will be pre-planned and accepted by all players. The objectives of the pre-play period are to: (1) (S) Test existing civil and military arrangements for crisis management and procedures for civilian/ military cooperation at both national and NATO levels. (2) (S) Exercise and test reinforcement and logistic plans during a period of tension. (3) (S) Exercise the implementation of those alert measures prescripted before start of the exercise (STARTER), and the requests for a limited number of selected measures during play. (4) (S) Exercise and test procedures for obtaining, deploying, and supporting maritime contingency forces. Approved For Release 2008/01/09: CIA-RDP83M00914R002200030001-8 Approved For Release 2008/01/09: CIA-RDP83M00914R002200030001-8 (5) (S) Test procedures for preparing and operating the sea and air lines of communication. b. (C) Exercise Play. The aim of WINTEX-CIMEX 83 is to exercise civil and military authorities both national and within NATO in order to maintain and improve NATO's ability to function effectively in a period of crisis and war. The broad objectives of the exercise are to: (1) (C) Test the effectiveness of existing civil and military arrangements for crisis and war and procedures for civil/military cooperation of NATO and national authorities. (2) (C) Exercise and test reinforcement, logistic, and resupply arrangements during a period of tension and hostilities. (3) (C) Exercise the implementation of alert systems and practice national, civil, and military readiness procedures. (4) (C) Exercise political, military, and civil consultations required for crisis management dur;ng a period of rising tension and conflict involving nuclear release procedures and to exercise the nuclear consultation process, including consideration of appropriate follow-on nuclear weapon contingency planning. ' (5) (C) Test the procedures used to deploy forces in support of selected OPLANs. (6) (C) Test the ability of NATO to exercise cpmmapd and control under a situation of degraded communications systems. (7) (C) Exercise defense of NATO sea and air lines of communication. 21 22 23 24 25 27 28 29 30 31 Approved For Release 2008/01/09: CIA-RDP83M00914R002200030001-8 Approved For Release 2008/01/09: CIA-RDP83M00914R002200030001-8 SECRET c. (U) Exericse WINTEX-CIMEX 83. The design of exercise WINTEX-CIMEX 83 will: (1) (C) Contribute to active participation and interplay with the NATO participants. In this connection, all scenario items must be compatible with and acceptable to the NATO exercise. Events will be developed to portray a scenario that is adequate to properly exercise national resources. (2) (C) Portray a situation in which Congress declares a national emergency and the President directs full mobilization, (3) (C) Exercise applicable portions of the mobilization 12 and deployment plans and procedures of participating 13 unified and specified commands, Joint Deployment Agency 14 (JDA), Services, DOD agencies and elements, and OJCS in 15 support of a NATO-Warsaw Pact conflict and worldwide war 16 at sea. 17 (4) (C) Support mobilization and deployment efforts by 18 Federal civil departments and agencies. ~ 19 (5) (C) Provide a worldwide maritime environment that 20 supports warfighting at sea and extensive maritime 21 involvement in all global theaters. Pre-exercise US 22 carrier battle group (CVBG) dispositions will be six 23 operational CVBGs in the Atlantic and five operational 24 CVBGs in the Pacific. Two CVBGs from the Atlantic will 25 be located in the Mediterranean and two CVBGs from the 26 Pacific will be in the Indian Ocean. The Joint Chiefs 27 of Staff should make an early recommendation concerning 28 the distribution of forces. 29 (6) (C) Pacific forces committed to NATO (both SACEUR 30 and SACLANT) in the DPQ-81 Assigned category will move 31 in accordance with the OPLAN Time-Phased Force 32 Approved For Release 2008/01/09: CIA-RDP83M00914R002200030001-8 Approved For Release 2008/01/09: CIA-RDP83M00914R002200030001-8 Deployment Data (TPFDD). Use of forces in the categories 1 of Earmarked and Other Forces for NATO should be 2 addressed. 3 3. (U) Specific National Objectives.. The specific objectives 4 for exercise WINTEX-CIMEX 83 are to: 5 a. (C) Execute and evaluate the Emergency Action Procedures 6 of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in response to NCA decisions. 7 Evaluate procedures for transfer of authority (CHOP) with 8 NATO. 9 b. (C) Implement and evaluate the Crisis Staffing 10 Procedures of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. 11 c. (C) Exercise and evaluate crisis management procedures 12 during increasing alert conditions, conventional war, and 13 selective nuclear weapon release procedures. 14 d. (C) Exercise the Joint Deployment System and the 15 capability of the JDA to coordinate and monitor deployment 16 operations. 1? e. (C) Exercise DOD and Federal civil departments' and 18 agencies' plans for reinforcement of NATO. 19 f. (C) Exercise and evaluate conventional and unconven- 24 tional defense plans for Europe (NATO), the Atlantic, the 21 Pacific, and Alaska. 2? g. (C) Exercise and evaluate the procedures for con- 23 sultations with the North Atlantic Council/Defense Planning 24 Committee, the selective release of tactical nuclear 25 weapons in Europe, and defense against chemical weapons 26 within NATO. 27 h. (S) Exercise the operational utility and timeliness of 28 selected reporting systems. 29 i. (C) Exercise procedures for the collection, collation, 30 dissemination, and utilization of all-source tactical and 31 Approved For Release 2008/01/09: CIA-RDP83M00914R002200030001-8 Approved For Release 2008/01/09: CIA-RDP83M00914R002200030001-8 SECRET national-level intelligence in a joint/combined environment. Evaluate procedures for release of US intelligence to NATO. j. (C) Exercise and evaluate the plans and procedures of theater and CONUS agencies concerned with noncombatant evacuation and CONUS reception operations. k. (C) Exercise the WWMCCS Intercomputer Network as it supports the NCA, National Military Command System, unified and specified commands, and the Services. 1. (C) Evaluate the adequacy of command center procedures and communications. systems support. m. (C) Exercise and evaluate the impact of selected C3 countermeasures on other exercise objectives, including the interruption of satellite and other modes of communi- cations, and degradation of NATO and US communications systems. Exercise ability to restore and reroute the Defense Communications System. n. (S) Evaluate communications with Major NATO Commanders in support of selective release procedures. o. (C) Exercise specific logistic policies and procedures. Logistic objectives will include: (1) (C) Procedures for filling shortfalls in pre- positioned war reserve materiel stocks. (2) (C) Authority for NATO commanders to redistribute selected assets. (3) (C) Adequacy of host-nation support. (4) (C) Movement and transportation reporting procedures. (5) (C) Effect of infrastructure limitations for airfields, fuel and ammunition storage, port facilities, and emergency repair facilities. Approved For Release 2008/01/09: CIA-RDP83M00914R002200030001-8 Approved For Release 2008/01/09: CIA-RDP83M00914R002200030001-8 (6) (C) Procedures to supply POL to multinational maritime force from commercial sources. (y) (C) Capability to support reinforcement and deployed air/ground forces POL requirements. (8) (C) Procedures to divert POL ocean tankers. (9) (C) Procedures to place logistic support ships on a wartime basis. (10) (C) Civil and military medical facility capability and agency cooperation during crisis. (11) (C) Procedures for engineering support. (12) (C) Procedures for personnel replacement and fillers. p. (C) Evaluate applicable portions of mobilization plans and procedures. q. (S) Exercise the implementation process and procedures of the Canada-United States Basic Security Plan (MCC 100/28). r. (S) Evaluate strategic lift capability to meet requirements for deployment, aeromedical evacuation, noncombatant evacuation operations, and replacement/filler personnel, and movement of enemy grisoner of war personnel. s. (C) Evaluate security assistance programs for non-NATO allies during a major European war. t. (C) Investigate the adequacy and utility of the joint reporting structure and its interface with NATO reporting systems. u. (S) Exercise selected plans to deter, isolate, and contain Cuba and protect Caribbean sea lines of Communication (SLOCs). v. (S) Exercise early reinforcement of Iceland and evaluate impact on subsequent OPLANs. Approved For Release 2008/01/09: CIA-RDP83M00914R002200030001-8 Approved For Release 2008/01/09: CIA-RDP83M00914R002200030001-8 w. (S) Evaluate procedures and capabilities for all Military Sealift Command shipping in support of CINC OPLANs. x. (S) Exercise and evaluate procedures for NORAD space and missile warning missions as they apply in the United States and NATO. y. (C) Exercise casualty reporting and replacement procedures. 4. (U) Phasing a. (C) Planning Phase. This consists of developing the exercise and establishing pre-exercise assumptions. Assumptions will set the stage for the execution phase by portraying a series of assumed events that identify initial readiness preparations taken by the United States. Included are actions short of open hostilities pertaining, but not limited, to: (1) (U) Mobilization. (2) (C) Deployments in support of augmentation of unified and specified commands. (3) (U) Travel restrictions. (4) (U) Noncombatant evacuation. (5j (C) Readiness postures of supporting agencies and commands, as well as force status. b. (C) Pre-Exercise Phase. The pre-play phase of WINTEX- CIMEX 83 will be conducted during a 7-day period on an 8-hour-per-day basis beginning at 1712002 February 1983 and ending 2318002 February 1983. Services, commands, and agencies should participate to the extent required to accomplish objectives of this phase, which will deal 7 8 9 10 lI 22 I3 14 15 16 17 18 '. 19 20 21 22 23 . 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Approved For Release 2008/01/09: CIA-RDP83M00914R002200030001-8 Approved For Release 2008/01/09: CIA-RDP83M00914R002200030001-8 primarily with deployment and consultation. It will also 1 include intensive player training and briefing to prepare 2 for the execution phase. 3 c. (S) Execution Phase. The execution phase will be played 4 on a 24-hour-per-day basis and divided into two phases-- 5 Crisis (Phase 1) and War (Phase 2). STARTEX is 2408002 6 February .1983. Phase 1 is the period from STARTEX until 7 declaration of .GA and Phase 2 is the period from GA until 8 ENDEX, 0916002 March 1983. Phase 1 will be concerned with 9 reinforcement play, crisis management, and alert 10 declarations. Phase 2 will be concerned with hostilities 11 and nuclear consultations. 12 (1) (S) Exercise play during Phase 1 will test national 13 as well as NATO crisis management procedures and 14 preparation for war. Allied nations as well as NATO 15 will be placed on a war footing, and steps will be taken 16 to prepare for war. 17 (2) (S) Play during Phase 2 will be concerned with 18 national support of NATO and nuclear consultations. ~~ 19 Decisionmakers must also contend with domestic problems 2U and international contingencies in Southwest Asia and ~ 21 Central America and with warfighting on Atlantic and 2? Pacific SLOCs. 23 (3) (S) Before STARTEX, the broad scenario will depict a 24 period of rising tension that is worldwide in scope. In 25 the European area, there will be a protracted warning 26 period portraying strategy to reestablish by use of ~ 2? military pressure the Orange predominance within the 28 Soviet Bloc and the Orange readiness to use military 29 means to reinforce political pressure on the West. To 30 enhance NATO's defensive capability and display a common. 31 Approved For Release 2008/01/09: CIA-RDP83M00914R002200030001-8 Approved For Release 2008/01/09: CIA-RDP83M00914R002200030001-8 deterrence to that threat, the Blue DPC decides to reinforce Europe on 1 February 1983. Simultaneous with this period of rising tension will be a rapid deterioration of political, economic, and military conditions worldwide. Tensions in Southwest Asia will continue to threaten US and Blue oil supplies. Political and economic unrest will exist in Southeast Asia. US merchant shipping will be harassed by Orange ships in PACOM posing a significant threat to Blue water and intercoastal trade between west coast ports and Alaska. The threat of hostilities continues in the Northern Pacific, Southwest Asia, and Central America. Domestic unrest and resistance to the reinforcement of Europe result in demonstrations and antinuclear discord. d. (C) Post-Exercise Phase. The post-exercise phase will include a critique and analysis and the identification of shortfalls based on stated exercise analysis objectives, all of which will be utilized as a framework for remedial action. Approved For Release 2008/01/09: CIA-RDP83M00914R002200030001-8

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